Tell people to cut it out in comments, maybe.

I have often wanted to respond to such answers telling them something to the effect of...

Yes, we get it. We understand Fate too. We have read the books and taken time to understand it just like you have. We are not ignorant about how this game works. Please take this question seriously and respond as if we are equals, not unenlightened people who don't get the game.

... but I did not think I would be taken very seriously expressing any part of this in any way in any tone.

That comment in itself would also be undeserved by any answer here. SSD's alone is not all that bad! It's just the result of my combined frustration about this issue.

Maybe if it is an issue with some community acknowledgement, so that people might actually stop and think "Huh, maybe I actually shouldn't do that," we can start just commenting on such answers saying: "Hey, you're not taking the question seriously. Cut that out and answer it." - perhaps with a link to this meta question.

I don't know how this gremlin snuck in, really, but I want to see it gone.

Tell people to cut it out in comments, maybe.

I have often wanted to respond to such answers telling them something to the effect of...

Yes, we get it. We understand Fate too. We have read the books and taken time to understand it just like you have. We are not ignorant about how this game works. Please take this question seriously and respond as if we are equals, not unenlightened people who don't get the game.

... but my desire to say that is the result of my frustration with this issue in general, and I am not sure how I would convey any part of this in any way in any tone and be taken seriously.

Maybe if it is an issue with some community acknowledgement, so that people might actually stop and think "Huh, maybe I actually shouldn't do that," we can start just commenting on such answers saying (not in these exact words): "Hey, you're not taking the question seriously. Cut that out and answer it." - perhaps with a link to this meta question.

I don't know how this gremlin snuck in, really, but I want to see it gone.

Tell people to cut it out in comments, maybe.

I have often wanted to respond to such answers telling them something to the effect of...

Yes, we get it. We understand Fate too. We have read the books and taken time to understand it just like you have. We are not ignorant about how this game works. Please take this question seriously and respond as if we are equals, not unenlightened people who don't get the game.

... but I did not think I would be taken very seriously expressing any part of this in any way in any tone. Maybe if it is an issue with some community acknowledgement, so that people might actually stop and think "Huh, maybe I actually shouldn't do that," we can start just commenting on such answers saying: "Hey, you're not taking the question seriously. Cut that out and answer it." - perhaps with a link to this meta question.

I don't know how this gremlin snuck in, really, but I want to see it gone.

Tell people to cut it out in comments, maybe.

I have often wanted to respond to such answers telling them something to the effect of...

Yes, we get it. We understand Fate too. We have read the books and taken time to understand it just like you have. We are not ignorant about how this game works. Please take this question seriously and respond as if we are equals, not unenlightened people who don't get the game.

... but I did not think I would be taken very seriously expressing any part of this in any way in any tone.

That comment in itself would also be undeserved by any answer here. SSD's alone is not all that bad! It's just the result of my combined frustration about this issue.

Maybe if it is an issue with some community acknowledgement, so that people might actually stop and think "Huh, maybe I actually shouldn't do that," we can start just commenting on such answers saying: "Hey, you're not taking the question seriously. Cut that out and answer it." - perhaps with a link to this meta question.

I don't know how this gremlin snuck in, really, but I want to see it gone.